How to Install and Uninstall java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the java-17-amazon-corretto-headless.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : java-17-amazon-corretto-headless
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 1
Version : 17.0.2+8
Release : 1.amzn2.1
Size : 94 M
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Amazon Corretto headless development environment
URL : https://github.com/corretto/corretto-17
License : ASL 1.1 and ASL 2.0 and BSD and BSD with advertising and GPL+ and
: GPLv2 and GPLv2 with exceptions and IJG and LGPLv2+ and MIT and
: MPLv2.0 and Public Domain and W3C and zlib and ISC and FTL and
: RSA.
Description : Amazon Corretto's packaging of the runtime core elements of the
: OpenJDK 17 code. (Headless environment)